Hogwarts Card System Chapter 260

Chapter 258: The Parties from a Hundred Years Ago!

Although the little companions were surprised by the power and effects of ancient magic, and even a little yearning, they felt that if they could obtain such power, they would definitely be able to clear The Book of Adventure smoothly.

But Ted was not very interested.

Because he had indeed begun to embark on the path of magic, he had his own unique understanding and needs for magic.

Although many ancient magics were quite powerful, his own magic was also very powerful!

Not to mention anything else, spells like Lightning Bolt, Fiery Explosion, Blizzard… these spells all had great development potential.

If he truly developed them all the way, their final power would definitely be no less than any ancient magic.

What ancient magic? My magic is ancient magic.

However, Ted was very interested in other things in his memory.

Especially the guardians’ triggered teleportation ability, and the guardian puppets in those ruins!

He was just worried about not finding any information, and now it had practically fallen into his lap!

At this moment, Hermione frowned slightly and said, “That guardian didn’t leave any useful clues in his memory. Besides that magic symbol that only those with guardian potential can see…”

The previous generation of guardians didn’t just set up a magic door and reveal all their secrets.

They concealed crucial information, and their memories were edited. Only potential guardians who could see the magic symbol could find relevant information in reality.

Ted smiled, “I remember, in that senior’s memory, the Headmaster of Hogwarts was named Black?”

Harry was startled and immediately said, “Phineas Nigellus Black?! Only he among the Black family served as Headmaster.”

“That most unpopular Headmaster?” Hermione asked.

Harry nodded, “He’s Sirius’s great-great-grandfather.”

George grinned, “Well, our great-great-grandmother, Sirius’s great-great-grandfather, this world really isn’t that big.”

At this moment, Ron, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, “The name Scroggins sounds familiar. House-elf… could it be the one in the kitchen?”

Fred asked, “Who?”

“The house-elf who provided information to the guardian. There’s also a house-elf named Scroggins in the school kitchen, he’s very old.”

Ron usually went to the kitchen too often and had many opportunities to interact with house-elves… even Ted didn’t know there was an old house-elf named Scroggins!

“This is great. Although he didn’t leave crucial information, we can find the parties involved!”

This was the good thing about the wizarding world. After more than a hundred years, there were still many firsthand witnesses who could tell you the story of what happened back then.

After the meeting, Harry wrote a letter to Sirius overnight, asking him to extract some information from his old ancestor.

This made Sirius very troubled, because Phineas Black was not at all polite to his “prodigal son.”

Meanwhile, Ted was considering how Isadora Morgana, the witch who inherited ancient magic and was killed by other guardians, managed to master the magic of “extracting emotions”?

This thing was a bit too similar to Ms. Ravenclaw’s research direction, wasn’t it? Could it be a coincidence?

She was also a Hogwarts student, and coincidentally, a Ravenclaw student. You’d say this wasn’t a needle falling into a thimble, how coincidental!

Forget it, whether she coincidentally obtained some of Ms. Ravenclaw’s research materials, and later, after mastering ancient magic and becoming a professor, realized she had walked someone else’s path and couldn’t break through, wanting to break the rules with force, leading to all those later events, it was already hundreds of years ago. There’s no need to delve into it.

The next day, Ted and the others went to the kitchen and indeed learned from the house-elves about an old elf named Scroggins.

He was nearly two hundred years old, had lost a piece of one ear years ago, and was now retired.

In this regard, Hogwarts was quite humane; after house-elves became old and frail, they would be taken care of.

After dedicating their lives, aren’t they allowed to enjoy themselves?

Although there was no remuneration, there were no expenses at school, and food and lodging were provided.

Ted had never really noticed the issue of house-elf retirement before and felt a moment of emotion—we don’t even know if we can retire, after all, there isn’t much pension left, whether it will be our turn is a question.

They met Scroggins, who was indeed very old, with white hair and beard, a silver-white mustache, and a missing piece of one ear.

When he saw Ted, he wasn’t as excited as the other younger house-elves. After all, he was so old and had seen a lot.

But when he saw Harry, he became very excited.

“Oh! Miss Harry Potter! Little mistress…”

Harry was startled. When did she gain the ability to make people “tremble and bow down”?

It turned out that Scroggins was once a Black family elf, together with Kreacher at 12 Grimmauld Place, but was later donated to the school by the then-head of the family.

And Harry, as Sirius’s adopted daughter and the first in line heir to the Black family, had a special connection.

With this relationship, Scroggins naturally held nothing back.

Ted and the others also learned a lot about the past from another perspective.

Now, it was up to Sirius…

However, they didn’t receive news from Sirius, but they did get the news that they could go to Hogsmeade Village.

After third year, young wizards could go to nearby Hogsmeade on weekends.

It was the only all-wizard village in Great Britain, and one of only two magical commercial areas in Great Britain.

“Ding~ Mission triggered:

[Hogsmeade Welcomes You (Green)]

As the only all-wizard village in the UK with no Muggles, aren’t you curious?

Objective: Go to Hogsmeade Village to investigate.

Reward: 200 experience points, card [Village (Green)].

My door is always open, welcoming all from heaven and earth~”

When they received this news, the system triggered a mission.

However, for Ted, there was still a difficulty with this matter.

Because Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry stipulated that only students in third year and above could go to Hogsmeade Village on specific Saturdays, and they must have a guardian’s signed permission.

He couldn’t go back to the orphanage to find the matron to sign, but of course, this wasn’t a big problem.

There were more than a dozen secret passages in the entire school, and the mission didn’t say he couldn’t sneak in.

However, Professor McGonagall called him to her office.

When he left, he had a guardian’s signature; Professor McGonagall had signed on his behalf.

Professor McGonagall is a great person, I support Professor McGonagall as the head of Hogwarts!

…

The next day, the little companions all put on beautiful clothes, dressed smartly, and gathered at the main entrance of the Great Hall.

In the wizarding world, opportunities for collective shopping like this were rare.

And the locations were only Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade.

Diagon Alley was already boring; Ted had even visited every shop to complete missions.

Now, he was finally going to see another commercial area.

Actually, young wizards were not unfamiliar with Hogsmeade, because they saw it every time they went to and from school for holidays.

The train station they used for travel was called Hogsmeade Station, but it wasn’t close to Hogsmeade Village, probably in an equilateral triangle position with the village and the school.

Leaving the school gates, walking a little northwest, it would take about ten minutes to see the tallest building in the village.

Although it was just a village, it had its own three-story bell tower. However, in this era, there was no need to ring bells to tell time or alarm…

(End of chapter)